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Capturing fireworks with the camera is a challenge that can be mastered with the right equipment and settings on your camera. The following images will guide you to capturing fireworks this Fourth of July weekend.
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Capturing fireworks on camera is a challenge that can be mastered easily with the right equipment and settings on your camera. Here is a short tutorial to help you capture the rockets' red glare this Fourth of July.
Don't forget! Northfield's fireworks show starts around 10 p.m. between Bridgewater Elementary and Northfield Middle School.
Check out photos from last year's fireworks show
Equipment needed:
- Camera: Either point-and-shoot or an SLR.
- Tripod: To keep the camera steady and prevent motion blur.
- Flashlight: To see the camera settings in the dark.
- Wireless Trigger: Not essential, but it helps to prevent camera shake.
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Bridgewater Elementary School
401 Jefferson Pkwy, Northfield, MN -
Northfield Middle School
2200 Division St S, Northfield, MN -
Angela Lauterbach
5:04 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
My advice: set your ISO as HIGH as it will go, that means above 800. Then open the lens apreture as wide as it will go, which means the smallest number it has. Then, DISABLE ANY FLASH ON YOUR CAMERA AND BLOCK ANY FROM OTHER PEOPLE. After that you'll get really nice wide angles of the crowd and the show, which can be pretty and sometimes more interesting.